TSO Sumida designed by Semba Corporation

“TSO Sumida” is a shared office established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to practice new work style. In addition to individual workspaces, it has a coworking space, rental offices which is enable to work on small short-term projects, and a workshop for craftmanship. With an emphasis on being “friendly for future”, we approached the entire process from an ethical perspective and renovated a 45-year-old textile research institution into a shared office. Rather than rebuilding itanew, we inherited and utilized the memories that had cultivated thus far by converting existing items into designed materials and furniture. We appealed “Ethical Design” visually, converting wastes boldly. We challenged to expand the possibility of reuse of industrial waste by committing to the esthetics thoroughly.